Just to be clear, Tim, do you feel like Liss (the author of the article) is trying to silence the debate? I didn't take that away. I took it as a simple plea not to miss the forest for the trees, and to work toward changing the policies that encourage women taking mens' names rather than shaming the ones that chose to. I'm pretty sure she agrees it's an important feminist issue.
Fun factoid for those interested! Oregon allows men and women to change their names when they get married. Either partner can take the other's name, hyphenate, or in rare cases, create a portmanteau of both names, without hassle. (Think Vanderwaal + Smith = Vandersmith) This applies to Domestic Partnerships, too. I'm not sure how we'd handle both people changing their name to something completely different than what either used to have, but I'd like to hope we could handle that should it arise. (I work in the office that does this stuff.) Unfortunately, I know this process isn't nearly as nice in other states.
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Date: 2010-11-08 11:21 pm (UTC)Fun factoid for those interested! Oregon allows men and women to change their names when they get married. Either partner can take the other's name, hyphenate, or in rare cases, create a portmanteau of both names, without hassle. (Think Vanderwaal + Smith = Vandersmith) This applies to Domestic Partnerships, too. I'm not sure how we'd handle both people changing their name to something completely different than what either used to have, but I'd like to hope we could handle that should it arise. (I work in the office that does this stuff.) Unfortunately, I know this process isn't nearly as nice in other states.